Slow Fuse

Slow Fuse
Slow Fuse
Studio album by Little Axe
Released	September 30, 1996
Genre	Blues; dub;
Length	54:24
Label	Wired
Producer	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood
Little Axe chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Muzik	^[2]

Slow Fuse is the second album by Little Axe, released on September 30, 1996 by Wired Recordings.^[3]^[4] The album was re-issued as a digital download in 2014 featuring additional tracks.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Skip McDonald and Adrian Sherwood, except "Too Late" by Willie Dixon.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blue"	2:10
2.	"On the Beat Sound"	3:44
3.	"Storm Is Rising"	5:12
4.	"Black Diamond Train"	4:12
5.	"Short Fuse"	5:09
6.	"Going Down Slow"	3:56
7.	"Must Have Been the Devil"	4:45
8.	"People Do"	5:14
9.	"Amber"	2:13
10.	"Chains"	3:40
11.	"Return"	5:21
12.	"Too Late"	5:04
13.	"Speak Easy"	3:44

Limited edition bonus CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"On the Beat Sound"	4:37
2.	"Storm Is Rising"	4:24
3.	"Too Late"	5:33
4.	"Going Down Slow"	4:51
5.	"Lift Off"	5:23
6.	"Falling Down"	6:05
7.	"Must Have Been the Devil"	5:24
8.	"Judgement"	5:13
9.	"Fallen Grace"	5:18
10.	"On the Beat Sound"	4:37

Personnel

Musicians

Saz Bell – vocals
Scott Firth – bass guitar
Bernard Fowler – vocals
Kevin Gibbs – vocals
Alan Glen – harmonica
Keith LeBlanc – drums
Skip McDonald – vocals, guitar, keyboards, producer
Tom McManamon – banjo, mandolin
Talvin Singh – tabla
Doug Wimbish – bass guitar

Technical personnel

Adrian Sherwood – producer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1996	Wired Recordings	CD	74321 40307 2
United Kingdom	1996	Wired Recordings	CD	WIRED 0233

References

^ Snowden, Don. "Slow Fuse". Allmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
^ James, Martin (October 1996). "Little Axe: Slow Fuse" (PDF). Muzik. No. 17. p. 124. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
^ "Skip Mcdonald: Discography". tackhead.com. 2004. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
^ Parker, David (2001). "Album: Little Axe – 'Slow Fuse'". skysaw.org. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
^ "Discography". little-axe.com. 2006. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

External links

Slow Fuse at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Snowden, Don. "Slow Fuse". Allmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

[2] James, Martin (October 1996). "Little Axe: Slow Fuse" (PDF). Muzik. No. 17. p. 124. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

[3] "Skip Mcdonald: Discography". tackhead.com. 2004. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

[4] Parker, David (2001). "Album: Little Axe – 'Slow Fuse'". skysaw.org. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

[5] "Discography". little-axe.com. 2006. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

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Little Axe
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with Strange Parcels	Disconnection
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Studio albums	Tackhead Tape Time (1987) Friendly as a Hand Grenade (1989) Strange Things (1990) For the Love of Money (2014)
Remix albums	Tackhead Sound Crash (2006)
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